Songs About Clouds

With so many metaphorical options, the concept of “clouds” are a favorite theme for songwriters. Clouds can represent an array of feelings or interpretations. On one hand, white clouds can represent peacefulness and beauty or even elation as in “being on cloud 9” or “having your head up in the clouds”. Then again, on the other end of the spectrum, darker clouds can represent gloominess, danger, sadness or being in some sort of term-oil. Somewhere in the middle can be like being in a dream state, mental fogginess or a feeling of uncertainty.

I started off originally wanting to list only those songs with the word cloud or cloudy within the title but I realized there were a number of other songs that came to mind with clouds or a form of the word cloud that stands out prominently somewhere within the lyrics. So I present to you a plethora of cloudy tunes to choose from for a common theme for your next event, or maybe for a personal playlist, or maybe just simply that you’re in the mood to hear something when the feeling strikes you…..

1. A Walk In The Clouds – from the movie soundtrack
2. Above The Clouds – Paul Weller
3. Both Sides Now – Judy Collins, Joni Mitchell
4. Cloud Nine – The Temptations, George Harrison
5. Cloud Number Nine – Bryan Adams
6. Cloud On My Tongue – Tori Amos
7. Cloudbusting – Kate Bush
8. Clouds – David Gates
9. Clouds – Kitaro
10. Clouds – The Jayhawks
11. Clouds – The Go-Betweens
12. Clouds Across the Sun – Firefall
13. Clouds In My Heart – Duke Ellington
14. Clouds Over California – Devildriver
15. Clouds Race Across the Sky – Joe Satriani
16. Cloudy – Average White Band
17. Cloudy – Simon & Garfunkel
18. Cloudy Skies – Ugly Kid Joe
19. Dark Cloud – Holmes Brothers
20. Far Above The Clouds – Mike Oldfield
21. From The Clouds – Jack Johnson (brand new release)
22. Get Off My Cloud – Rolling Stones
23. Heavy Cloud No Rain – Sting
24. In The Clouds – The Cult
25. Kickin’ The Clouds Away – George Gershwin (from the 1925 Broadway Musical “Tell Me More”)
26. Little Cloud – The Incredible String Band
27. Little Fluffy Clouds – The Orb
28. Liza (All The Clouds’ll Roll Away) – George Gershwin – Chick Webb, Al Jolson, Ella Fitzgerald (1929)
29. Mighty Clouds of Joy – BJ Thomas
30. No More Cloudy Days – The Eagles
31. Obscured By Clouds – Pink Floyd
32. Piano Above The Clouds – Jim Brickman
33. Till The Clouds Roll By – June Allyson  & Ray McDonald (from the 1946 Broadway Musical)
34. Uncloudy Day – Staple Singers
35. Wait ‘Til The Clouds Roll By – Uncle Dave Macon (1939)
36. White Fluffy Clouds – Camper Van Beethoven
37. You’re So Vain – Carly Simon